The new nobility: the restoration of Russia's security state and the enduring legacy of the KGB

In The New Nobility, two courageous Russian investigative journalists open up the closed and murky world of the Russian Federal Security Service. While Vladimir Putin has been president and prime minister of Russia, the Kremlin has deployed the security services to intimidate the political oppositi...

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Main Author: Soldatov, Andrej Alekseevič (Author)
Contributors: Borogan, Irina Petrovna
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York PublicAffairs [2010]
In:Year: 2010
Edition:First edition
Online Access: Table of Contents
Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 5162
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Keywords:
FSB
Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation
Federalʹnai︠a︡ sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossii
Federalʹnai︠a︡ sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossii > Officials and employees
Geheimdienst
Internationale Sicherheitspolitik
KGB
Klassenstruktur
Nationale Sicherheit
Political Culture > Russia (Federation)
Politische Kultur
Regierungspolitik
Russland > Federalʹnaja služba bezopasnosti
Russland > Politik > Russland > Federalʹnaja služba bezopasnosti > Geschichte 1992-2010
Russland, 1990 ff.
Sicherheitspolitik
Social classes > Russia (Federation)
Sozialstruktur
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Summary:In The New Nobility, two courageous Russian investigative journalists open up the closed and murky world of the Russian Federal Security Service. While Vladimir Putin has been president and prime minister of Russia, the Kremlin has deployed the security services to intimidate the political opposition, reassert the power of the state, and carry out assassinations overseas. At the same time, its agents and spies were put beyond public accountability and blessed with the prestige, benefits, and legitimacy lost since the Soviet collapse. The security services have played a central and often mysterious role at key turning points in Russia during these tumultuous years: from the Moscow apartment house bombings and theater siege, to the war in Chechnya and the Beslan massacre. The security services are not all-powerful; they have made clumsy and sometimes catastrophic blunders. But what is clear is that after the chaotic 1990s, when they were sidelined, they have made a remarkable return to power, abetted by their most famous alumnus, Putin
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:ix, 301 Seiten Illustrationen 25 cm
ISBN:1586488023
9781586488024